CODEPINK & Friends Talking Drones A Conversation with Medea Benjamin & Bob Scheer About Her New Book: "Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control"
Saturday, June 16th - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM At The Church In Ocean Park 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica 90405 Learn about the travesty of drones and how you can get involved to make a difference. Please invite your community to get involved. $10 - No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds. Please RSVP to Magda: codepin...@gmail.com or: 310-827-4320 Medea Benjamin is cofounder of Global Exchange & CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Described as "one of America's most committed and most effective fighters for human rights" by Newsday and called "one of the high profile leaders of the peace movement" by the Los Angeles Times, Medea has distinguished herself as an eloquent & energetic figure in the progressive movement. In 2005 she was one of 1,000 exemplary women from 140 countries nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the millions of women who do the essential work of peace worldwide. Bob Scheer is an American journalist who writes a column for Truthdig which is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation. He teaches communication as a professor at the University of Southern California and co-hosts the weekly political radio program "Left, Right & Center" on KCRW, the National Public Radio affiliate in Santa Monica, Calif. Scheer is Editor in Chief for the Webby Award-winning online magazine Truthdig. "In this remarkably cogent and carefully researched book, Medea Benjamin makes it clear that drones are not just another high-tech military trinket. Drone Warfare sketches out the nightmare possibilities posed by this insane proliferation." -Barbara Ehrenreich "Activist extraordinaire Medea Benjamin has documented how the U.S. government's use of drones to murder hundreds of innocent civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen has increased the danger to our national security." -Ann Wright, U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) Media Sponsor: KPFK 90.7 FM Radio Co-Hosts Include: Veterans for Peace, PDSMM, The Levantine Center, Topanga Peace Alliance, Frank Dorrel of Addicted to War, AFSC: American Friends Service Committee, Occupy Venice, School of the Americas Watch, World Can't Wait, Palisadians for Peace, United for Peace & Justice, Interfaith Communities for Justice & Peace, Lauren Steiner, Dorothy Reike, & others... Also Tea & Conversation with CODEPINK Co-Founders: Medea Benjamin & Jodie Evans Celebrating Medea's New Book "Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control" and "Beautiful Trouble: A Tool Box For Revolution." Saturday, June 16th - 4:00 to 6:00 PM in Venice Music by Jacqueline Fuentes Silent Auction of Art & Activism RSVP for $100 & you will have a wonderful afternoon with CODEPINK Co-founders Jodie Evans & Medea Benjamin! Address Available Upon RSVP: www.codepinkalert.org/calendar.php?id=4056 Any Questions or to RSVP Contact Magda: codepin...@gmail.com or: 310-827-4320 Co-Hosts Include: Susan Adelman, Lauren Steiner, Donna Deitch, Patricia Foulkrod, Lora O'Connor, Sara Nichols, Sally Kellerman, Susan Clark & others. Come & Support the Peace & Justice Work of CODEPINK [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
